Informal employment in Caribbean
Caribbean: Informal employment was 10,851 in 2027. ▲ Rising
Informal employment in Caribbean, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 10,851 for informal employment in 2027. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment in Caribbean peaked at 10,851 in 2027 and was at its lowest, 8,230, in 2007.
Caribbean ranks 64th of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Informal employment in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8,259 | — |
| 2005 | 8,321 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,434 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 8,230 | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 8,417 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 8,377 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 8,468 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 8,839 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 9,074 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 9,208 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 9,300 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 9,674 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 9,862 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 10,125 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 10,290 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 10,312 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,968 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 10,393 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 10,563 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 10,638 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 10,695 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 10,690 | -0.0% |
| 2026 | 10,772 | +0.8% |
| 2027 | 10,851 | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,340 | 8,230 | 8,434 | 6 |
| 2010s | 9,515 | 8,468 | 10,312 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,571 | 9,968 | 10,851 | 8 |
More work & labour data for Caribbean
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 18,305 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.5991 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5887 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.6092 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.6 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2651 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 39,824 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 37,345 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 19,040 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 8,434 1000 No (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in Caribbean?
- Informal employment in Caribbean was 10,851 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 10,851 in 2027.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,230 in 2007.
- How does Caribbean rank for informal employment?
- Caribbean ranks 64th out of 87 countries with data for 2027.
- Is informal employment rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. Informal employment comprises persons who in their main or secondary jobs were (a) own-account workers, employers and members of producers' cooperatives employed in their own informal sector enterprises; (b) own-account workers engaged in the production of goods exclusively for own final use by their household (e.g. subsistence farming); (c) contributing family workers, regardless of whether they work in formal or informal sector enterprises; or (d) employees holding informal jobs, whether employed by formal sector enterprises, informal sector enterprises, or as paid domestic workers by households. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.